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In the interview, the around-the-clock news cycle turns 40 years old this summer. With the advent of cable television and a bright idea from an American media mogul, CNN was born. Journalist and author, Lisa Napoli, talks with Mike about her unauthorized biography, Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News, and explains how the station became a trailblazing force in transforming the ways we consumed media at the end of the 20th century.
In the spiel, Trump is the worst. But he’s not gone yet.
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Trump does nothing about reports that Russia put a bounty on American troops, shares a video of his supporters chanting “white power,” and asks the Supreme Court to end the Affordable Care Act. Then Biden adviser Ron Klain talks to Jon Favreau about the state of the pandemic, and the state of the 2020 campaign.
Grim new milestones in the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump insists he was never briefed about an alleged Russian plot to get the Taliban to kill US forces. Lights out for the "Stars and Bars" in Mississippi. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, June 29, 2020.
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Global Coronavirus Milestones:: WSJ, AP, Axios, Johns Hopkins
Masks Encouraged: NBC News, WaPo, WSJ
“Window is Closing” to Get Virus Under Control: CNN, Axios, Politico
Russia Offers Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops: AP, NY Times, FOX News, Reuters, Trump Tweet
Trump Shares “White Power” Video: ABC News, Reuters, NBC News, CNN, Biden Response
Mississippi Flag Vote: WaPo, Reuters, WSJ
DC 51st State Vote: The Week, NPR, USA Today, WaPo, Bowser Tweet
Facebook Labeling Rule-Breaking Posts: AP, Engadget, NPR, Facebook
Major Brands Join Facebook Ad Boycott: CNN, Mashable, USA Today, FOX Business, WSJ
Boeing to Begin Max Test Flights: WSJ, Reuters, NY Times
Kanye West Brings Yeezy to Gap: AP, NY Times, Forbes, Gap
Tom Sutcliffe discusses racism, the traps of history and the Black Lives Matter movement with the American author Brit Bennett and the British academic Gary Younge.
Racial identity, bigotry and shape-shifting are at the centre of Brit Bennett’s new book, The Vanishing Half. The novel focuses on twin sisters who flee the confines of their southern small town, and the attempts by one of the sisters to escape her background completely by passing as white. The social unrest in the US in the 20th century pervades her latest work, but Bennett is hopeful that today’s protests mark the beginning of real change.
Gary Younge lived in the US for 12 years working as a journalist, before he returned home and became Professor of Sociology at Manchester University. He discounts the attempts by some in Britain to claim moral superiority over America in terms of racism. He argues that Britain’s colonial past meant the most egregious racist acts often took place abroad, and so rarely became an integral part of the country’s story.
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The best method for electing the president of the United States, debated by the Founding Fathers, is a bone of contention generations later. Today, many call the Electoral College outdated. But Carly Terry, a new high school graduate from Nassau County, Florida, argued in an award-winning essay that the Founders settled on the Electoral College for a reason, and it remains the best way to elect the president.
Terry was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the U.S. Constitution Scholarship Foundation for her essay as a senior in defense of the Electoral College. She and Howard Pines, a founder of the organization, join the podcast to discuss precisely why we shouldn't abandon the Electoral College.
Also on today’s show, we share your letters to the editor and a good news story about the prayer gatherings taking place around the country since the death of George Floyd.
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As new parents to twins, Ricardo and Marcela Serment wonder if it could finally be time to invite some helping hands into their home.
The steroid Dexamethasone has been hailed a ?major breakthrough? in the treatment of Covid-19. But what does the data say? Plus, why haven?t mass protests led to a second wave?